World of Darkness

World of Darkness
The World of Darkness is much like our world, but it is darker, more devious and more conspiratorial — an aesthetic we call “Gothic-Punk”. The dichotomy between the rich and the poor, the influential and the weak, and the powerful and the powerless is much more pronounced than in the real world. Decadence, cynicism, and corruption are common. Humans are unwitting victims or pawns of vast secret organizations of supernatural creatures. Vampires, werewolves, and mages (among others) struggle with internal factionalism and against other species in secret wars of intrigue for control.

The World of Darkness (sometimes “WoD”) was first developed in 1991 with the release of Vampire: The Masquerade. It has reached hundreds of millions of people through thousands of books published in a wide variety of languages, as well as via a prime-time television show, multiple well-regarded video games, and even World of Darkness-focused conventions. Onyx Path Publishing offers dozens of role-playing game, fiction, art, and clothing products for the World of Darkness, as well as helping to re-release hundreds of original books through PDF and print-on-demand.

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Design Challenge: Tremere Clan Weakness

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Originally posted by Justin on the V20 Blog. I was monkeying with the Tremere writeup this weekend and I knew I was looking down the barrel of the inevitable when I started. One particular trouble spot for the Tremere has always been their weakness. It’s too easy to avoid, and it’s incomplete as of a … Read more

New Dev Doc: Attributes and Abilities

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Originally posted by Justin on the V20 Blog. Okay, after a day’s delay, here are the Attributes and Abilities, ready for playtest and scrutiny. Some of the high points: Specialties changed a tiny bit. Instead of exploding 10s, they count as two successes. It saves a bit of time when they do come up, and it … Read more

Richt’s Ramblings #1: The One Where We Get the Artists Started

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Originally posted by Rich at the V20 Blog So, while I’m also involved with Justin, Eddy and Shane in the creative direction of the book (being Creative Director and all), my primary role on this project is as Art Director; like I was on so many Vampire books through the years. It’s pretty cool just … Read more

Dice Pools, Difficulty Numbers, and Botching

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With all of the systems consideration and potential revision going on for V20, the matter of dice pools and success statistics has come up. It’s something that the Storyteller System has always had an acknowledgedly side-eyed relationship with, but this was certainly a worthwhile time to delve back into the math. So… let’s. At a … Read more

Current List of Bloodlines

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Originally posted by Eddy on the V20 Blog As I mentioned yesterday, I’m working on the bloodline appendix. As a reminder, here’s the parameters I came up with on this section: Bloodlines and variations we aren’t addressing are the Laibon and the Kuei-Jin (including the Bushi and the Gaki). They were expanded in separate books … Read more

It’s Doesnt Matter If You Win Or Lose, But How Good You Look Doing It

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Originally posted by Shane on the V20 Blog They say a picture is worth a thousand words and we could not agree more.  Vampire: The Masquerade broke the 4th wall so to speak in a way that was and remains unparalleled.  While the style, mood, and the Gothic punk themes from the content we provided … Read more

Screw the 13 Clans: Bloodlines and Variant Clans in Masquerade

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Originally posted by Eddy at the V20 Blog As Justin has mentioned, V20 is going to have an appendix containing nearly all of the bloodlines in Masquerade. Right now, this “appendix” is looking to be close to a hundred pages, so I’m essentially developing a small book inside of a larger book. And IT’S ALL … Read more